Tuesday 12th August
Kill for a Seat's Comedy Cellar, Verve, Merrion Street Leeds.
8pm £5
Verve Website here

Silky presents a night of fun featuring the regular Comedy Cellar team:
Isma Almas 'one-woman antidote to Islamophobia' LEEDS GUIDE
Mickey Noonan, fresh from making comedians cry at the Edinburgh Festival:
Barry Dodds, not lumpy Geordie :
resident ringmaster Silky 'always brilliant' METRO
and special guest Steve Harris
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NEWS



Autumn dates for clubs in Leeds now available:
Seven
Verve
West Yorkshire Playhouse

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This Sunday, 3rd August....
NEW START TIME - 8PM
Pete Johansson (website) and mystery guest, with very special visitor to the comedy circuit, A.F. Harrold (website). 'This won't be for everybody.' - The Herald, 2003.'The best of A F Harrold's poems have a subversive humour that is quite brilliant.' - Brian Patten (link)
"Pete Johansson was by far the breakout performer this year at Just for Laughs, but more importantly made my list of best jokes of the fest twice!" - Montreal Gazette Read More...

This Sunday, 3rd August....
NEW START TIME - 5PM
Pete Johansson (website) and mystery guest, with very special visitor to the comedy circuit, A.F. Harrold (website). 'This won't be for everybody.' - The Herald, 2003. 'The best of A F Harrold's poems have a subversive humour that is quite brilliant.' - Brian Patten (link)
"Pete Johansson was by far the breakout performer this year at Just for Laughs, but more importantly made my list of best jokes of the fest twice!" - Montreal Gazette Read More...

Wed 30th July
Sully O'Sullivan
He's been declared a highlight of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival by The NZ Herald, a highlight of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival by The Scotsman, won Canada's Master's of the Universe Improv Competition, and featured on Australian TV's The Comedy Channel.
"a blast of hilarity" - Manchester Evening News (UK)
"I gasp with laughter and a small amount of beer tries to escape through my nose." - Manchester Evening News (UK)
"unforgettable comedy" - Three Weeks (UK)
"a vitriol which makes Richard Dawkins look like the Archbishop of Canterbury." - The Scotsman (UK)
"Sully's booming self confidence and no-nonsense delivery refreshed the whole genre." - Huddersfield Daily Examiner (UK)
"highlights of the gala were the guitar-toting duo Flight of the Conchords and the punk-ish Sully O'Sullivan" - The New Zealand Herald (NZ)
"hilarious stand-up, Sully is a rising star" - The Evening Post (NZ)
"appropriate inappropriateness." - The Skinny (UK)
"a whirlwind of interactive humour…..the undisputed highlight" - Orkney Today (UK)
with support from Rich Wilson 'he is one funny man'.-Frank Skinner, and resident compere you-know-who..

For the diary.. Wed 27th August: Ray Peacock with support from Susan Vale and Mick Davies..

Tickets are available now, in person from the venue £10 (£8 concessions), or from Crash Records 0113 2436743, or Jumbo Records, 0113 245 5570 (booking fees apply). Read More...

Tags: Leeds, Seven Arts

Tuesday 15th July
Kill for a Seat's Comedy Cellar, Verve, Merrion Street Leeds.
8pm £5
Verve website
Silky presents a night of fun featuring one-woman antidote to Islamophobia, Isma Almas, 'so funny I put him in my new TV show' (according to Steve Coogan) Andrew O'Neill, deadly beauty who has forgotten more about comedy than you'll ever know, Mickey Noonan, and lumpy Geordie Barry Dodds. We eat the news so you don't have to. 8pm show, £5 a ticket (we urge you to buy them in advance from the venue).
‘Silky's not pushy or hardfaced at all - just very mischievous... stand up in its purest, rawest form: it was amazing to watch. One of the bravest and most unusual sets of the festival.' Daily Post

Calling all Leeds folks.. could you tell your chums about this show? I think if we get our gang to come along, it'll help kick start a new comedy scene. We're only a little venue downstairs, but it's a lot of fun, and it'll be a very supportive environment for a change. We're not doing stand-up comedy. Just making ourselves and each other laugh, with a select crowd (i.e. those who've paid the fiver)..I've had 40 tickets printed, and if we can sell those out before the show, it'll be lovely. We can probably cram a couple more in, but only if they don't mind being friendly with strangers.
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Can't say fairer than this! Two international headliners for your money, this Thursday (3rd July) at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Come and have fun.

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Click here to book tickets

Dates for your diary and latest news from Clwyd Theatr Cymru.... Read More...

8-Jul-08    Tues    Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd
9-Jul-08    Wed    Pontardawe Arts Centre
10-Jul-08    Thu    Queen's Hall, Narberth
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NEW EARLIER START TIMES!
Kill for a Seat Comedy at Le Royale, Banbury will now start at 5pm.
Kill for a Seat Comedy at the Bullingdon, Oxford at 8pm.

PLEASE NOTE: The Oxford show for July is starting at 5pm with doors at 4.30pm because of the Cowley Road Festival. We're urging folks to buy their tickets in advance from the venue, as the Cowley Road will have thousands of people on during the day.
Click here to go to the Bullingdon website.
Sunday July 6th
JEFF INNOCENT
It should be made law that every British Citizen must go and see Jeff Innocent. He's that funny." Evening Standard
"Clever, honest, funny, hugely likeable comedy. I really loved this show ****" The Scotsman

MITCH BENN
"Benn's lyrics are crammed with enough jokes to keep most comedians ticking over for life" THE LIST
"Song after song of exquisitely crafted satire" THE SCOTSMAN Read More...

Tags: English clubs

Silky - Criminally Underrated
Read the review here

Tags: Clubs, Reviews

Hey there folks...open your diaries.
The acts I have so far for the autumn season of the Courtyard Comedy Club at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds are as follows...
Sunday 12th October
Simon Munnery
Golden Rose of Montreaux nominee, star of comedy festivals the world over, and the creator of Alan Parker - Urban Warrior and the League Against Tedium.
"One of the most original and talented comics in the country" - The Observer


with support from
Jason Cook (Winner, 2008 NZ Comedy Festival Best International Performer)
"..a genuinely life-affirming hour."- The Herald
 "This is powerful, visceral comedy that grabs your feelings and wrenches them from one direction to another. "- Chortle".
..brutally truthful piece of comedy delight." Timeout
plus resident compere Silky
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Tags: Leeds

A new monthly night of the very best in up-to-the-minute comedy, music and brainfood, featuring guest stars from all over, hand picked by adoptive local impresario Silky, the hard-working man behind the West Yorkshire Playhouse' sell-out Courtyard Comedy Club, and Kill for a Seat Comedy Club in Chapel Allerton, as seen at The Hi-Fi Club, Original Oak, Library & Jongleurs ('one of the best and most reliable performers around. Highly recommended' Leeds Guide). Bringing something truly memorable and alternative to your Tuesday night: different every time, and unrepeatable, but for good reasons: we've got the best comedy in the world in the UK, and we're doing this because it's fun, so be one of the select few snuggled into the Verve's Magical Analogue Technology Nuclear Shelter for the first show, featuring, amongst others, the tremendous Andrew O'Neill.

'keeping the true flame of creativity burning bright. One of the emerging barometers of hilarity' Time Out
'so funny, I put him in my new TV show' Steve Coogan
'talented, intelligent and unique. Bringing the spirit of the alternative 80s back into the comedy circuit' DAZED & CONFUSED

Starts on Tuesday 10th June, and then runs on July 15th, 12th August, 9th September (all Tuesdays..)

Show starts at 8pm. This is a small room, so be early... Tickets £5 on the door.

Verve
16 Merrion Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 6PQ.
0113 2442272
(website)